Professional climbers Rob Hall (Clarke) and Scott Fischer (Gyllenhaal) lead rival groups of extreme sports tourists up the world's highest mountain, with disastrous consequences. The actors are so bundled up that the dialogue is at times incomprehensible and the characters hard to tell apart, but despite a dragging first act it's a visually awesome and brutally effective weepie, Knightley in particular being very good.

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(2015-UK/USA/Iceland) [12A] - 121mins

Jake Gyllenhaal, Keira Knightley and Robin Wright star in this nail-bitingly gripping film inspired by the incredible true story of the 1996 Mount Everest disaster. In May 1996 a group of climbers started their ascent but were tragically unprepared for an intense blizzard, which enveloped them and resulted in terrifying catastrophe. Documented afterwards by journalist Jon Krakauer (who was part of the party) and the other climbers, the stories of tragedy and survival are brilliantly depicted by the superb ensemble cast in this taut, suspenseful and thrilling drama.

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